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CREDITSTHE 2013 K-STATE BASEBALL MEDIA ALMANAC IS A PRODUCTIONOF THE KANSAS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, PUB-LISHED BY THE KANSAS STATE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.

WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY: Ryan Lackey, Assistant Director/Ath-letics Communications | EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Assistant Ath-letics Director/Communications Kenny Lannou; AssociateAthletics Communications Director Tom Gilbert; Assistant Ath-letics Communications Directors Randy Peterson and DavidWiechmann; Head Coach Brad Hill; Director of Baseball Oper-ations Justin Tadtman; Opponent SIDs | PHOTOGRAPHY: ScottWeaver | PRINTED BY: Ag Press of Manhattan, Kan. Specialthanks to Lori Daniel.

Table of Contents/Credits________________1K-State Athletics Communications__________2K-State Athletics Directory ______________3Visiting Manhattan ____________________4

PRESEASON INFORMATIONQuick Facts ________________________6Schedule __________________________72013 Outlook ______________________8Preseason Notes ____________________9TV/Radio Roster ____________________10Roster __________________________12

COACHESHead Coach Brad Hill ________________14Assistant Coach Mike Clement __________17Assistant Coach Josh Reynolds __________18Other Assistants/Support Staff __________19University President Dr. Kirk Schulz ________22Athletics Director John Currie ____________23K-State Head Coaches ________________24

PLAYERSShane Conlon/Jon Davis ______________26Blair DeBord/Jake Doller ______________27Gerardo Esquivel ____________________28Austin Fisher/Joe Flattery ______________29Jared King ________________________30Ross Kivett/Mitch Meyer ______________31Jared Moore ______________________32RJ Santigate/Kyle Speer ________________33Nate Williams/Tanner Witt ______________34Matt Wivinis ______________________35Returning Players Career Statistics ________36

Goodwin/Hendrix/Lovato/Bee ____________40Busch/Dalrymple/Davis/Griep ____________41Kalmus/Matthys/MaVorhis/McFadden ______42Miles/Nixon/Sego/Smith________________43Vasek/Witcig/Wodtke__________________44

2012 REVIEWRecap Notes ______________________46Results __________________________47Overall Statistics ____________________48Conference Statistics ________________49Hitting Summary ____________________50Pitching Summary __________________51Miscellaneous Statistics ______________52Superlatives ______________________54Big 12 Recap ______________________55Matt Applegate ____________________56Kayvon Bahramzadeh ________________57Jake Brown ________________________58Matt Giller ________________________59Wade Hinkle ______________________60Mike Kindel ________________________61Dan Klein ________________________62

2013 OPPONENTSOpponents at a Glance ________________64Non-Conference Opponents ____________65Big 12 Opponents____________________68Big 12 Conference __________________72Big 12 Championship ________________73Series Records______________________74Big 12 Series Results ________________76Non-Conference Series Results __________80

PROGRAM HISTORYWildcat Timeline ____________________88No-Hitters and Cycles ________________91Conference Championship History ________92NCAA Regional History ________________94NCAA Regional Teams ________________95All-Century Team ____________________98Offensive Records __________________100Pitching Records____________________103Fielding Records____________________105Team Records ____________________106The Last Time/Class Records __________107Honor Roll ________________________108All-Americans ____________________110Elden Auker ______________________113Wildcats in the MLB Draft______________1142012 Wildcat Pro Recap ______________116Wildcats in MLB ____________________117All-Time Letterwinners________________118All-Time Career Statistics ______________121Offensive Yearly Leaders ______________137Pitching Yearly Leaders ______________139Yearly Summary ____________________141Yearly Results ____________________142

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2KSTATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

WELCOME TO K-STATE ATHLETICSThe Kansas State Athletics Communications staff welcomes yourinterest in K-State baseball and will make every effort to make yourcoverage of the Wildcats an enjoyable experience. The office main-tains information on all current student-athletes, as well as his-torical information on previous student-athletes and the programin general. For information, interviews, photo shoots and/or filephotos, please call, stop by our office, or e-mail a request.

Office Phone: (785) 532-6735Office Fax: (785) 532-6093Mailing Address: 1800 College Ave., Suite 37 Manhattan, KS 66502

Website: www.k-statesports.comPress Box Phone: (785) 532-5801

Assistant Athletics Director/Communications: Kenny Lannou Office Phone: (785) 532-7977 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7867 Email: klannou@kstatesports.comAssociate Director: Tom Gilbert Office Phone: (785) 532-7979 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7868 Email: tgilbert@kstatesports.comAssistant Director: Randy Peterson Office Phone: (785) 532-7975 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7769 Email: rpeterson@kstatesports.comAssistant Director: Ryan Lackey (Baseball Contact) Office Phone: (785) 532-7708 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7865 Email: rlackey@kstatesports.comAssistant Director: David Wiechmann Office Phone: (785) 532-7976 Cell Phone: (785) 587-7866 Email: dwiechmann@kstatesports.comCreative Director/Internet Services: Dave Smoller Office Phone: (785) 532-0912 Cell Phone: (785) 341-4668 Email: dsmoller@kstatesports.comStudent Interns: Ricardo Cruz, Marissa Olberding, Paul Payton,Jesse Piper

WILDCATS ON THE WEBK-State Athletics and CBSSports.com College Network - the pre-mier internet services provider for college athletics - partnered inthe summer of 2010 for an enhanced athletics website, providingWildcat fans with improved features and overall customer service.

The revamped site at www.k-statesports.com uses the latest in-ternet technology to provide fans with a seamless, robust experi-ence that is unique to K-State.

K-STATEHD.TVKansas State launched an exclusive digital, high-definition networkAugust 30, 2011, known as K-StateHD.TV that provides a world-wide connection to Kansas State University and K-State Athleticsand establish the university as an international leader in program-ming, accessibility and exposure.

This milestone joint project between K-State Athletics and the uni-versity maximizes the national exposure for both the university andathletics program, and is valuable to K-State Baseball as all homenon-televised contests will be broadcast on the platform.

K-STATE IN SOCIAL MEDIAFans and members of the media can stay in touch with K-StateAthletics through various social media platforms.Official Twitter: @kstatesportsIn-Game Updates Twitter: @kstate_gamedayFacebook: facebook.com/kstatesportsYou Tube: youtube.com/kstatefans

KENNY LANNOUAssistant Athletics Director/

Communications

TOM GILBERTAssociate Director

RANDY PETERSONAssistant Director

DAVE SMOLLERCreative Director/Internet Services

RYAN LACKEYAssistant Director

DAVID WIECHMANNAssistant Director

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONSThe Kansas State Athletics Communications Office is located inSuite 37 of Bramlage Coliseum. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.weekdays.

Members of the staff include assistant athletics director/commu-nications Kenny Lannou (administration/football) and assistantdirectors Tom Gilbert (mens basketball/football game program),Randy Peterson (womens basketball/womens tennis/equestrian),Ryan Lackey (baseball/secondary football/mens and womensgolf) and David Wiechmann (volleyball/track & field/rowing/crosscountry).

PRESS BOX SERVICESA complete NCAA box score, play-by-play and pertinent gamefacts will be distributed to members of the working media aftereach game.

Press packets are provided 60 minutes prior to first pitch, orearlier upon request. Press packets include a scorecard and teamrosters, updated statistics for each team, conference statisticsand game-day notes.

A meal is usually provided to each media member for homegames. However, at other times, a meal ticket, redeemable for re-freshments from the concessions stand, will be issued to eachmember.

MEDIA CREDENTIALSAll media attending Kansas State baseball home games mustpresent a media pass for admission to Tointon Family Stadium.Credentials for home games are issued for working media onlyand should be requested as early as possible to the athletics com-munications office.

Requests for credentials should be made in advance by email,fax or mail, and directed to Athletics Communications AssistantDirector Ryan Lackey.

INTERVIEW POLICIESALL interviews with K-State players and coaches must bearranged through the athletics communications office. Please con-tact Athletics Communications Assistant Director Ryan Lackey toset up an interview. Home and cell phone numbers for student-athletes will not be given to the media.

HEAD COACH BRAD HILLCoach Hill is usually available for phone interviews on weekdaymornings (10 a.m. - Noon) during the season. Please coordinateall requests for personal interviews with Coach Hill through RyanLackey. Hill will talk to reporters approximately 15 minutes afterthe end of each game.

PLAYERSMedia members are invited to attend Kansas State baseball prac-tice sessions. Players are available for interviews after each prac-tice at approximately 5:30 p.m. in Tointon Family Stadium. For anexact time each day, please contact Ryan Lackey. Select playersare also available after each game, following Coach Hills ad-dressing of the media.

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ATHLETICS DIRECTORS OFFICE Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 138 Phone: (785) 532-6910 Fax: (785) 532-2340John Currie ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6912 Director of Athletics kstatead@kstatesports.comVicki Jones________________________________________________________(785) 532-6912 Executive Assistant to Director of Athletics vjones@kstatesports.comLinda Grubbs ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6910 Athletics Department Receptionist lgrubbs@kstatesports.comMike Schmidt ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6910 Courier mschmidt@kstatesports.com

AHEARN FUNDBramlage Coliseum, Suite 138 Phone: (785) 532-7715 Fax: (785) 532-2340Laird Veach ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7954 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Strategic Initiatives lveach@kstatesports.comChad Weiberg ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6901 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development cweiberg@kstatesports.comLon Floyd ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7707 Assistant Athletics Director - Director of Catbacker Club lfloyd@kstatesports.comMike Clark ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7716 Senior Director of Development mclark@kstatesports.comMissy Heidrick______________________________________________________(913) 433-4990 Senior Director of Development - Kansas City mheidrick@kstatesports.comAndrew Hamor ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7984 Director of Annual Giving ahamor@kstatesports.comAlex Kringen ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7674 Assistant Director/Capital Support akringen@kstatesports.comNate Warren ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7932 Assistant Director nwwarren@kstatesports.com

BUSINESS OPERATIONSBramlage Coliseum, Suite 142 Phone: (785) 532-6252 Fax: (785) 532-5630Reid Sigmon ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6913 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Chief Operating Officer rsigmon@kstatesports.comBruce Shubert______________________________________________________(785) 532-6020 Assistant Athletic Director for Business bshubert@kstatesports.comTami Breymeyer ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6269 Director of Licensing tbreymeyer@kstatesports.comAndrew Shimon ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7712 Director of Information Technology ashimon@kstatesports.comApril Havenstein ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7199 Business Office Accountant ahavenstein@kstatesports.comCindy Williams ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6586 Human Resource Manager cwilliams@kstatesports.comKaren Biehler ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6252 Human Resource Specialist kbiehler@kstatesports.com

COMPLIANCE Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 143 Phone: (785) 532-3990 Fax: (785) 532-2296Lindsey Babcock ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7969 Associate Athletics Director for Compliance lbabcock@kstatesports.comDaren Koudele ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7678 Director of Compliance dkoudele@kstatesports.comJeff Norris ________________________________________________________(785) 532-6089 Compliance Coordinator for Recruiting and Education jnorris@kstatesports.comVera White ________________________________________________________(785) 532-3990 Administrative Assistant/Compliance Services vwhite@kstatesports.com

FACILITY OPERATIONS Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 137 Phone: (785) 532-7276 Fax: (785) 532-2761Casey Scott ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5263 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Operations and Event Management cscott@kstatesports.comCharlie Thomas ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7608 Senior Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Event Management cthomas@kstatesports.comJim Muller ________________________________________________________(785) 532-7602 Director of Facilities Maintenance jmuller@kstatesports.comR.J. Bokelman ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7601 Director of Facility Operations rbokelman@kstatesports.comBrian Cordill ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7713 Director of Event Management bcordill@kstatesports.comMary Lough ______________________________________________________(785) 532-7276 Facility Operations Accountant mlough@kstatesports.com

FAN EXPERIENCE AND SALES Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 136 Phone: (785) 532-6911 Fax: (785) 532-7289Joni Smoller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5769 Director of Fan Experience and Sales jsmoller@kstatesports.comRon Cook ________________________________________________________(785) 532-5272 Director of Graphic Design rcook@kstatesports.com

POWERCAT VISION/K-STATEHD.TVBramlage Coliseum, Suite 39 Phone: (785) 532-7982 Fax: (785) 532-7738Brian Smoller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5180 Sportscasting/Director of Powercat Vision and K-StateHD.TV bsmoller@kstatesports.comWyatt Thompson ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7982 Director of Sportscasting/Voice of the Wildcats wthompson@kstatesports.comNorm Burge ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2701 Senior Video Engineer nburge@kstatesports.comPreston Koerner ____________________________________________________(785) 532-2703 Video Producer pkoerner@kstatesports.comJay Moline ________________________________________________________(785) 532-2722 Assistant Video Producer jmoline@kstatesports.com

SPORTS MEDICINE Vanier Football Complex/Basketball Training FacilityPhone: (785) 532-6384 Fax: (785) 532-2864Matt Thomason ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6384 Head Athletic Trainer mthomason@kstatesports.comBrian Bobier ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6988 Assistant Athletic Trainer bbobier@kstatesports.comMindy Hoffman ____________________________________________________(785) 532-5880 Assistant Athletic Trainer mhoffman@kstatesports.comJessica Upah ______________________________________________________(785) 532-1156 Assistant Athletic Trainer jupah@kstatesports.comLuke Sauber ______________________________________________________(785) 587-6929 Assistant Athletic Trainer lsauber@kstatesports.comNobu Takashima ____________________________________________________(785) 532-1156 Assistant Athletic Trainer ntakashima@kstatesports.comBrandon Yoder ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7055 Assistant Athletic Trainer byoder@kstatesports.comMike Johnson ______________________________________________________(785) 532-3638 Sport Psychologist mjohnson@kstatesports.com

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Phone: (785) 532-5880 Fax: (785) 532-3888Chris Dawson ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6835 Director of Strength and Conditioning cdawson@kstatesports.comDanny Cavender ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7156 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports dcavender@kstatesports.comDarren Honeycutt __________________________________________________(785) 395-2670 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach dhoneycutt@kstatesports.comBen Fleming ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2809 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach bfleming@kstatesports.comCorey Meredith ____________________________________________________(785) 532-1463 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach cmeredith@kstatesports.comJimmy Price ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2733 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach jprice@kstatesports.comKevin Schadt ______________________________________________________(785) 532-1464 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach kschadt@kstatesports.com

STUDENT-ATHLETE SERVICES OFFICE Academic Learning Center Phone: (785) 532-5190 Fax: (785) 532-5191Jill Shields ________________________________________________________(785) 532-6620 Senior Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator jshields@kstatesports.comRagean Hill ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5193 Program Director of Football Academic Services rhill@kstatesports.comLiane Fowler ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5196 Program Director of Specialized Learning lfowler@kstatesports.comKristin Waller ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5409 Academic Counselor/Life Skills Coordinator kwaller@kstatesports.comBill Banks ________________________________________________________(785) 532-5319 Academic Counselor bbanks@kstatesports.comJamie Hamor ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5097 Academic Counselor jhamor@kstatesports.comRoger Johnson ____________________________________________________(785) 532-6987 Academic Counselor rjohnson@kstatesports.comJana Buehler ______________________________________________________(785) 410-9334 Academic Learning Specialist jbuehler@kstatesports.comDianna Philippi ____________________________________________________(785) 532-5190 Administrative Assistant for Student Services dphilippi@kstatesports.com

TICKET OPERATIONSBramlage Coliseum, Suite 146 Phone: (800) 221-CATS Fax: (785) 532-7689Scott Garrett ______________________________________________________(785) 532-2880 Associate Athletics Director for Ticketing and Fan Strategies sgarrett@kstatesports.comAdam Holste ______________________________________________________(785) 532-5582 Assistant Director of Ticket Operations aholste@kstatesports.comChelsi Medved ____________________________________________________(785) 532-7681 Assistant Director of Ticket Operations cmedved@kstatesports.comAdam Prough ______________________________________________________(785) 532-6650 Assistant Director of Fan Strategies aprough@kstatesports.com

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LODGINGClarion Hotel 530 Richards Drive ________________539-5311Comfort Inn 150 E. Poyntz Ave. ________________770-8000Comfort Suites 1020 Hostetler Dr. ________________539-9449Courtyard By Marriott - Junction City 310 Hammons __________________210-1500Days Inn 1501 Tuttle Creek Blvd ______________539-5391Fairfield Inn by Marriott 300 Colorado St. __________________539-2400Guest Haus Bed & Breakfast 1724 Sheffield Circle ______________776-6543Hampton Inn 501 E. Poyntz ____________________539-5000Hilton Garden Inn 410 S. 3rd St. ____________________532-9116Holiday Inn at the Campus 17th & Anderson __________________539-7531Motel 6 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-1022Parkwood Inn and Suites 505 S 17th St. __________________320-5440Super 8 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-8468

TRANSPORTATIONManhattan Regional Airport 5500 Fort Riley Blvd. ______________587-4567Avis Rent-A-Car 5500 Fort Riley Blvd________________539-0900Enterprise Rent-A-Car 4810 Skyway Drive ________________537-6000 7920 East Highway 24 ______________537-0557Hertz Rent-A-Car 5500 Fort Riley Blvd. ______________539-0261National Car Rental 5500 Fort Riley Blvd. ______________539-8814

RESTAURANTSApplebees Bar & Grill Manhattan Town Center ____________537-0408Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar 1231 Moro ______________________323-9464Carlos OKellys Mexican Cafe Manhattan Town Center ____________537-4688Chilis Grill & Bar 213 Fort Riley Blvd ________________537-1250Chipotle Mexican Grill 606 N. Manhattan ________________587-8052CoCo BoLos 1227 Bluemont Ave.________________537-4700Cox Bros. BBQ 223 McCall Rd. __________________539-0770Early Edition (Breakfast) 3210 Kimball Ave. ________________539-3255Famous Daves BBQ 910 Commons Place ______________537-2401Harrys Uptown 418 Poyntz Ave __________________537-1300Hibachi Hut 606 North 12th St. ________________539-9393Local 3011 Anderson Ave, Ste A ____________320-2550Little Apple Brewing Company Westloop Shopping Ctr ______________539-5500Longhorn Steakhouse 505 Tuttle Creek Blvd ______________732-9061McAlisters Deli 421 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________539-0610Old Chicago 100 Manhattan Town Center __________537-3322Olive Garden 715 Tuttle Creek Blvd. ______________537-2445Ramblers Steakhouse 8711 E Highway 24 ________________539-4989Rock-A-Belly Bar & Deli 718 N. Manhattan Ave ______________539-8033Smashburger 501 3rd Place __________________587-8485So Long Saloon 1130 Moro ______________________537-9292Texas Roadhouse 200 Manhattan Town Center __________537-7427The Chef (Breakfast) 111 S 4th St. ____________________537-4100Willies Sports Bar & Grill 307 Seth Child Rd. ________________539-6746

*All phone numbers are area code 785

FINDING TOINTON FAMILY STADIUMFrom the West (Manhattan Regional Airport) Take Kansas Highway 18 east into Manhattan. Exit at Kansas 113 (Seth Childs Road) heading North. Stay on Seth Childs Road until reaching the Kimball Ave., exit. Turnright onto Kimball and follow it one mile to College Ave., and turn right. Go one block and turn left into the Bramlage Coliseum parking lot. The stadium is located at theintersection of Kimball and College next to Bill Snyder Family Stadium and Bramlage Coliseum.

From the East (Kansas City) Exit I-70 at Highway 177 (exit 313) and head north on 177 until reaching Manhattan. Exit and proceed to the first light, turning left on Tuttle Creek Blvd. Head north onTuttle Creek until reaching Kimball Ave. Turn left on Kimball and go two miles to the Bill Snyder Family Stadium/Bramlage Coliseum parking lot. The stadium is located inthe southwest corner.

6______________________Quick Facts7 ______________________Schedule8 ________________________Outlook9 __________________Preseason Notes10 __________________TV/Radio Roster12 ________________________Roster

PRESEASON INFORMATION

6QUICK FACTS

GENERAL INFORMATION/UNIVERSITYLocation ____________________________________Manhattan, KS 66502Founded ______________________________________________1863Enrollment ____________________________________________24,378Nickname ____________________________________________WildcatsSchool Colors ____________________________________Purple and WhiteAffiliation ________________________________________NCAA Division IConference ____________________________________________Big 12President ________________________________________Dr. Kirk SchulzAlma Mater (Year) ______________________________Virginia Tech (1986)Vice President/Athletics Director ____________________________John CurrieAlma Mater (Year)________________________________Wake Forest (1993)Faculty Representative ________________________________Dr. Be StoneyAthletic Department Phone ____________________________(785) 532-6910Ticket Office ____________________________________1-800-221-CATS

STADIUM INFORMATIONStadium ____________________________________Tointon Family StadiumYear Opened/Re-Dedicated ______________________________1961/2002Capacity ______________________________________________2,331Playing Surface__________________________AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60All-Time Record __________________________________762-443-1 (.632)Dimensions ______________________________LF - 340; CF - 400; RF - 325Press Box Phone __________________________________(785) 532-5801

HISTORYSeasons of Baseball ________________________________Entering 113thFirst Season of Baseball ____________________________________1897All-Time Record ______________________________1,660-1,676-10 (.498)All-Time Conference Record __________________________544-981-3 (.356)Big 12 Conference Record ____________________________151-278-3 (.353)All-Time Conference Tournament ______________________________15-27Big Eight Conference Tournament ______________________________4-14Big 12 Conference Tournament ________________________________11-13NCAA Appearances/Last____________________________________3/2011Last Postseason __________________________2011 NCAA Fullerton RegionalNCAA Tournament Record ____________________________________3-6

HEAD COACHHead Coach __________________________________________Brad HillAlma Mater (Year) ______________________________Emporia State (1985)Record at K-State ______________________________293-224-3 (9 Years)Record Overall ________________________________711-315-3 (18 Years)Baseball Office Phone ______________________________(785) 532-3926Best Time To Contact Hill ________________________________Contact SID

ASSISTANT COACHES/STAFFHitting Coach ______________________________________Mike ClementPitching Coach ____________________________________Josh ReynoldsVolunteer Assistant Coach ______________________________Blake KangasStrength Coach ____________________________________Ben FlemmingStudent Assistant Coach ________________________________Trevor HurleyUndergraduate Manager ________________________________Drew BieryDirector of Operations ________________________________Justin TadtmanAthletic Trainer ______________________________________Brian Bobier

TEAM INFORMATION2012 Overall Record __________________________________27-31 (.466)2012 Big 12 Record ____________________________________7-17 (.292)2012 Postseason Play ________________________1-2 (Big 12 Championship)2012 Final Ranking __________________________________________NRConference Finish __________________________________________t8thLetterwinners Returning/Lost__________________________________15/12Position Starters Returning/Lost ______________________6/3 (DH Returning)Pitchers Returning/Lost ______________________________________8/5Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost ________________________________5/3Newcomers ______________________________________________19

POSITION STARTERS RETURNING (6)Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. Avg.Jared King 6-0 217 Jr. OF .377Jon Davis 5-10 180 Sr. OF .330Tanner Witt 5-11 184 Sr. OF .310Ross Kivett 6-0 192 Jr. IF .286Blair DeBord 6-0 194 Jr. C/DH .257RJ Santigate 6-2 210 Jr. IF .204

TOP RETURNING PITCHERSPitcher Ht. Wt. Cl. W-L (S) ERAJoe Flattery 6-3 194 Sr. 6-4 4.37Nate Williams 6-2 216 So. 1-3 (6) 4.50Jared Moore 6-0 192 Jr. 2-4 5.21Matt Wivinis 5-11 177 So. 1-3 (2) 5.95Gerardo Esquivel 5-11 174 Jr. 3-1 (2) 6.14

Longtime associates of the baseball program, Matt Walters and Brian Smoller begin their 16th year as the primary voices of Kansas Statebaseball in 2013. Walters is in his 19th year at KMAN where he serves as host of the daily talk show, The Game and Powercat Gameday, a pre-gameshow for K-State football. Walters also serves as the play-by-play voice of Manhattan High Football and select K-State womens basketballgames. He also serves as the sideline reporter for K-State football broadcasts and the color analyst for a portion of the K-State basketballbroadcasts on the K-State Sports Network. He was recently named the 2012 Kansas Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscastersand Sportswriters Association (NSSA). Smoller not only handles duties for baseball, but he has also been the play-by-play voice K-State womens basketball for the past eightyears. A long-time voice at KMAN along with Walters, Smoller is in his seventh year at Kansas State as the Director of Powercat Vision/K-StateHD.TV. A 1999 K-State graduate, Smoller has won 16 Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards, including six first place awards forplay-by-play. In 2003, Smoller was named the Oscar Stauffer Sportscaster of the Year. Catch all the excitement of K-State baseball on SportsRadio 1350 KMAN all season long. KMAN broadcasts can be heard on both the AMdial at 1350 in Manhattan and the internet at both the KMAN website (www.1350kman.com) and the official site of Kansas State athletics(www.kstatesports.com) using the K-StateHD.TV feature. Walters and Smoller broadcast all Big 12 games and all non-conference baseballgames will be broadcast either on KMAN or online at www.k-statesports.com for the third-straight year. Baseball SID Ryan Lackey will assistthe duo on road games by serving as the color commentator, while the Voice of the Wildcats, Wyatt Thompson, will serve as the play-by-play voice for network broadcasts. Additionally, KMANs Rob Voelker and John Kurtz will handle play-by-play duties early in the year. The Brad Hill Radio Show will air bi-weekly from 6 until 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live from Kites Bar and Grille in Aggieville. The showis hosted by Smoller and Walters. The Brad Hill TV Show airs five times this spring on K-StateHD.TV/FCS and is hosted by Smoller.

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SCHEDULEBREAKDOWN

GAMESFebruary................................................6March ................................................22April ....................................................19May ......................................................9

Home ..................................................31Road ..................................................21Neutral ..................................................4

Day ....................................................34Night ..................................................22

Tuesday ................................................9Wednesday............................................5Thursday ..............................................1Friday..................................................14Saturday ............................................14Sunday................................................13

Conference..........................................24Non-Conference ..................................32 vs. Big South ............................2 vs. Big Ten ................................8 vs. Big West ..............................3 vs. Colonial Athletic ..................1 vs. Great West ..........................2 vs. Metro Atlantic ......................2 vs. Mid-Eastern ........................3 vs. Missouri Valley ....................3 vs. SEC......................................1 vs. Southern ..............................2 vs. The Summit League ............5

Games vs. 2012 Regional Teams ........14Games vs. Non-Tournament Teams......42

In Kansas............................................35In South Carolina ..................................6In Texas ................................................6In Iowa ................................................3In Nebraska ..........................................3In Oklahoma..........................................3

In Central Time Zone ..........................50In Eastern Time Zone ............................6

DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (CT)The Citadel Memorial Challenge - Charleston, S.C.Friday February 15 vs. High Point^ Charleston, S.C. 11 a.m.Saturday February 16 at The Citadel^ Charleston, S.C. 3 p.m.Sunday February 17 vs. George Mason^ Charleston, S.C. 9 a.m.Caravelle Resort Tournament - Myrtle Beach, S.C.Friday February 22 at Coastal Carolina# Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3 p.m.Saturday February 23 vs. Elon# Myrtle Beach, S.C. 10 a.m.Sunday February 24 vs. Kentucky# Myrtle Beach, S.C. 10 a.m.FRIDAY MARCH 1 OAKLAND MANHATTAN 3 p.m.SATURDAY MARCH 2 OAKLAND MANHATTAN 2 p.m.SUNDAY MARCH 3 OAKLAND MANHATTAN 1 p.m.TUESDAY MARCH 5 NIAGARA MANHATTAN 3 p.m.WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 NIAGARA MANHATTAN 3 p.m.FRIDAY MARCH 8 CAL POLY MANHATTAN 3 p.m.SATURDAY MARCH 9 CAL POLY MANHATTAN 2 p.m.SUNDAY MARCH 10 CAL POLY MANHATTAN 11 a.m.TUESDAY MARCH 12 NORTHERN COLORADO MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 NORTHERN COLORADO MANHATTAN 3 p.m.FRIDAY MARCH 15 WEST VIRGINIA* MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SATURDAY MARCH 16 WEST VIRGINIA* MANHATTAN 2 p.m.SUNDAY MARCH 17 WEST VIRGINIA* MANHATTAN 11 a.m.TUESDAY MARCH 19 MINNESOTA MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY MARCH 20 MINNESOTA MANHATTAN 3 p.m.FRIDAY MARCH 22 BETHUNE-COOKMAN MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SATURDAY MARCH 23 BETHUNE-COOKMAN MANHATTAN 2 p.m.SUNDAY MARCH 24 BETHUNE-COOKMAN MANHATTAN 1 p.m.TUESDAY MARCH 26 NEBRASKA MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.Thursday March 28 at Baylor* Waco, Texas 6:35 p.m.Friday March 29 at Baylor* Waco, Texas 6:35 p.m.Saturday March 30 at Baylor* Waco, Texas 1:05 p.m.TUESDAY APRIL 2 NEBRASKA MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.WEDNESDAY APRIL 3 NEBRASKA OMAHA MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.FRIDAY APRIL 5 TEXAS TECH* MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SATURDAY APRIL 6 TEXAS TECH* MANHATTAN 2 p.m.SUNDAY APRIL 7 TEXAS TECH* MANHATTAN 1 p.m.TUESDAY APRIL 9 WICHITA STATE MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.Wednesday April 10 at Nebraska Omaha Omaha, Neb. 6 p.m.Friday April 12 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 6:05 p.m.Saturday April 13 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 1:05 p.m.Sunday April 14 at Iowa % Des Moines, Iowa 3:45 p.m.Tuesday April 16 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 6:30 p.m.Friday April 19 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 7 p.m.Saturday April 20 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 3 p.m.Sunday April 21 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 1 p.m.Tuesday April 23 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 6:35 p.m.FRIDAY APRIL 26 TCU* MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SATURDAY APRIL 27 TCU* MANHATTAN 4 p.m.SUNDAY APRIL 28 TCU* MANHATTAN 11 a.m.Tuesday April 30 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 6:30 p.m.Friday May 3 at Texas* Austin, Texas 6:35 p.m.Saturday May 4 at Texas* Austin, Texas 2 p.m.Sunday May 5 at Texas* Austin, Texas 1 p.m.Friday May 10 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 6 p.m.Saturday May 11 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 2 p.m.Sunday May 12 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 1 p.m.FRIDAY MAY 17 OKLAHOMA* MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SATURDAY MAY 18 OKLAHOMA* MANHATTAN 6:30 p.m.SUNDAY MAY 19 OKLAHOMA* MANHATTAN 1 p.m.Wed.-Sun. May 22-26 Big 12 Championship! Oklahoma City, Okla.

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8OUTLOOK

Kansas States hard work throughout the 2012 season sent theWildcats to another postseason appearance, reaching the Big12 Championship for a school-record sixth-straight year. How-ever, the Wildcats missed an NCAA Regional appearance for the firsttime in four seasons, hitting a speed bump that resulted in a 27-31overall record and has them working even harder to ensure K-Stateis back on the national scene in 2013.

The entire program was very disappointed in our performance lastseason and it is something we remind ourselves of every day, headcoach Brad Hill said. We need to improve in different areas somethings in our control and some things out of our control. We are fo-cusing on things we can control and letting last year be in the past.But we still take valuable lessons from it.

One of the biggest factors K-State can control is experience in thefield as it returns six position players, including a pair of All-Big 12performers. That experience will need to carry a young pitching staffduring the beginning stages of 2013.

We are going to need to rely on our experience and leadership inthe field, commented Hill. With Ross Kivett, Blair DeBord, JaredKing and Tanner Witt, you have guys with a lot of game experience.We dont want to put undue pressure on them to play well, but weneed them to play pretty well to start off.

CATCHERSAn experienced catcher, DeBord returns for his junior campaign. De-Bord took over catching duties towards the end of 2012 after servingas the designated hitter at the beginning of the year. After an injurybenched the Manhattan product in 2011, DeBord came back to hit.257 with 28 RBI last season. Even more impressive is that he didnot commit a single error in 208 fielding chances.

Blairs leadership, ability to call a game, experience and commu-nication skills will be very important to the development of our pitch-ers, Hill said. He earned the right to call a game last year, and itrelieved a lot of pressure on managing the pitching duties during thegame. He was also much improved at the plate this fall.

One of the surprises of the fall, Joe Goodwin performed well enoughto secure the backup spot behind DeBord. A product of HutchinsonCommunity College, the switch-hitting Goodwin compiled a .340 av-erage in 2011 but was away from the game last year.

We didnt know what to expect from him being out of baseball fora year, Hill admitted. He showed he can be a quality backup. IfBlair needs to sit out, we can put Joey in there. We feel very goodabout him being the backup right now.

Adding depth are freshmen Alex Bee from Chatham, Ill., and ColeDavis from Piedmont, Okla.

INFIELDThree of the four infield positions are held down by quality defensiveplayers in Shane Conlon at first base, Kivett at second base and RJSantigate at third base. Conlon, primarily a pitcher in 2012 beforean arm injury cut his season short, is one of the top defensive firstbasemen in the league and will be used as a situational hitter.

Were not really worried about him defensively, Hill said of Conlon.Shane needs to be who he is. He has no problem being the guy thatcan move runners (at the plate). Hes very good at first base, plushes a good vocal leader on the field with game savvy. He should bea pitching coach over at first base to help out the younger pitchers.

A team leader as just a sophomore in 2012, Kivett was the everydaystarter at second base while proving to be one of the toughest outsand hardest players to contain on the base paths in the Big 12. Asthe leadoff hitter for a majority of the 2012 season, Kivett got onbase at a .395 clip and finished second in the league with 25 steals.

He just needs to be himself, Hill said. He tried to do too muchlast year at times. He needs to be the guy on offense that gets onbase, creates runs for us and be the competitive, tough out that heis to wear those pitchers down.

A smooth defensive third baseman that saw his offensive gameprogress, Santigate looks to hold down the starting spot at the hotcorner. A former player at Long Beach State, Santigate is looking tobuild upon the final 12 games of 2012 when he hit .324 with fivedoubles and seven RBI. The end of last year, coupled with a greatsummer performance, was a springboard for Santigate into the fall.

He is much more comfortable this year, Hill said. I couldnt haveasked for any more out of him in the fall. He really stepped up hisleadership. He feels more confident in himself and more comfortablebeing here for a year. I really like the way he handled himself in thefall, particularly putting himself out there as a leader.

The biggest position battle was at shortstop as the Wildcats mustreplace a 56-game starter. With the starting nod at one of the mostimportant positions on the line, freshman Lance Miles ended up win-ning the job thanks to his consistency throughout the fall.

He did things right, Hill said of The Woodlands, Texas, product.When youre the shortstop, you have to go to the right spots, youhave to know the plays and be a leader on the field by communicat-ing. He was probably the guy that did that the best, and that wasover the course of time. He just wore the other guys down becausehe did it more often than everyone else.

A returning backup from last season, sophomore Austin Fisher en-tered the fall looking to lock up the starting nod at short, but an injuryslowed him down before Miles took over. Fisher, who can also playthird base, will continue to push for playing time.

Also providing depth to multiple infield spots is junior Zach Hendrix,a transfer from Western Nevada College, as well as freshmen BenSego from Southlake, Texas, and Jake Wodtke from Shawnee, Kan.

OUTFIELDOne of the strongest position groups heading into 2013 seems to bethe outfield where a pair of returning All-Big 12 selections in Kingand Witt will roam center field and left field, respectively.

King, a two-time All-Big 12 pick, led the league with a .377 regular-season batting average while collecting a team-high 15 doubles,seven homers and 47 RBI. The Dublin, Ohio, product finished in thetop 10 of the Big 12 in 10 categories, including top-five marks inslugging percentage, total bases, hits and on-base percentage.

With a solid arm and speed to close the gaps in the outfield, thesmooth-hitting King will look to let the game come to him in 2013while elevating his performance once again.

The big thing for Jared is trying not to do too much, Hill said. Heshad two great years. At times last year, he really tried to do too muchand go win games for us when he didnt have to go win games. Heled the Big 12 in hitting, but he got himself out at times. He justneeds to be himself and understand there are a lot of good playersin front of him and behind him in the lineup.

Witt transitioned from shortstop to outfield prior to last year and wasgreat defensively while contributing more at the plate. A competitorat the top of the lineup, Witt finished fifth in the Big 12 with 40 walks,while he was also carded 20 steals to tie for sixth in the conference.

Tanner is a tough out when hes in the right mindset and knows hisrole, which is getting on base and being a competitor, Hill said ofone of his four seniors. You have him and Ross at the top of thelineup and then here comes Jared King hitting behind those two guys.When hes in the mode of getting on base, stealing bases and scoringruns, hes as good as anyone in the conference.

Returning from an injury that sidelined him in 2012, Mitch Meyercame back with a vengeance in the fall and won the starting job inright field. The redshirt sophomore went 10-for-31 with three dou-bles, a home run and six RBI in 17 games as a freshman in 2011,and he will look to become a more dynamic member of the offense.

Mitch was the surprise of the fall. He just really caught the eye ofeveryone, said Hill. He put himself in a position to be one of themiddle-of-the-order guys and play every day. He was aggressive atthe plate, but he was also one of the fastest guys. Hes going to bea threat on the bases, plus he has the best arm in the outfield.

Jon Davis, who was on fire over the second half of last year, will likelyfill the designated hitter role while working as a backup in both theoutfield and infield. Davis led the team and finished second in theBig 12 with a .387 conference-only average. After going just 1-for-18 to start the year, Davis hit .357 over the final 33 games.

Also providing depth in the outfield will be Damion Lovato, a two-year player at New Mexico Junior College who hit .374 in 2012, alongwith a Manhattan native in sophomore Kyle Speer and freshmanClayton Dalrymple from Coppell, Texas.

PITCHERSAs is the case with any Brad Hill-coached team, the Wildcat skipperexpects seniors to step up and lead the team. In the case of thepitching staff, starter Joe Flattery and reliever Jake Doller must takeon a leadership role and help develop the pitching staff.

After settling into the role as a weekend starter, Flattery shined atthe end of the year by surrendering no more than three earned runsin six or more innings during each of his final three regular-seasonstarts. That stretch included a complete game at Texas Tech whenthe left-hander allowed one run on six hits with five strikeouts.

Joe just needs to be focused, Hill stated. He needs to have thatedge that he wants to be our No. 1 guy. We really need him to makea step up. He can be a swing guy for us this season if he decides hewants to be the Friday-night guy and goes out there on a mission todo that. That could really change the complexion of our ballclub.

Doller, a hard-throwing right-hander, has seen action in 50 careergames but is looking to become a more consistent part of the bullpenrotation. The Lake Waukomis, Mo., native is coming off a great off-season and looks to use that momentum into his final campaign.

Following Flattery in the starting rotation could be sophomore NateWilliams. A right-hander, Williams served as the programs closer ayear ago and set the school record for saves by a freshman with six,a mark that was also fifth in the Big 12 last year. A member of theBig 12 All-Freshman team, Williams worked exclusively as a startingpitcher throughout the summer and fall.

We hope that Nate continues to polish up, Hill said. His compet-itiveness is what gets him by, but now can he become a pitcher andnot a thrower? Its just a matter of being able to pitch five, six orseven innings as opposed to just going out there and airing it out forone inning. I think he has the potential to do that.

The starting job following Flattery and Williams early in the seasonwill be up for grabs between a few young candidates in freshmanBlake McFadden and sophomore Matt Wivinis. McFadden was one ofthe top recruits out of Missouri following a decorated prep career.Thanks to a 10-0 record and 0.13 ERA as a senior, McFadden earnedFirst Team High School All-America honors by Collegiate Baseball,was the Prep Baseball Report Pitcher of the Year in Missouri andwas the Gatorade Missouri Baseball Player of the Year.

Wivinis, a right-hander from Downers Grove, Ill., showed potentiallast season after seeing action in 21 games with three starts.

The Wildcat bullpen will also need to improve from last year as twokey pitchers right-hander Gerardo Esquivel and left-hander Jared

PRESEASON NOTES

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YEAR NO. 113 The 2012 season marks the 113th in the history of Kansas State Baseball. The program began in1897 and has played every year with the exception of 1918, 1943, 1944 and 1945 seasons. Enteringthis year, the Wildcats have an all-time program record of 1,660-1,676-10 (.498), but they have steadilyimproved that mark thanks to a 143-96-1 mark over the past four seasons. In fact, prior to the 2009season, the Wildcats were 63 games below .500 all-time and are now just 16 games below the .500mark entering this season. Additionally, K-State was 89 games below the .500 mark prior to the 2005season before the Wildcats have collected non-losing seasons in seven of the last eight years, the beststretch since Kansas State had 11-straight non-losing seasons from 1924-1934.

OFFENSIVELY SPEAKING Kansas State has plenty of weapons returning offensivelyfor the 2013 season. The Wildcats bring back four of their topfive hitters from last season, including Big 12 regular-seasonbatting champion Jared King. Of the top 10 offensive cate-gories, head coach Brad Hill sees no worse than 59 percent oflast years production back in six categories, including a 70.2percent mark in steals. The Wildcats also have 60.3 percentof their hit production back, including a 68.2 percent mark indoubles. The area in which Kansas State must develop young talentis in the pitching staff as it has no category other than savesthat has at least 60 percent of last years production back in2013. The biggest area in which K-State must have youngerplayers rise is in games started as the Cats only have 28 oftheir 58 starts back from last year after losing 14-game starterKayvon Bahramzadeh and 11-game starter Matt Applegate.

HELLO, MY NAME IS... The Wildcats used fall practices to get 19 newcomers acclimated to Division I baseball. Outside ofhead coach Brad Hills first season of 2004, only two other times Kansas State had as many as 19newcomers on the roster, but luckily for the Wildcats, those years turned into winning seasons as the2005 squad went 30-25, while the 2009 team set the school record for wins with 43.

THE FRIENDLY CONFINES Following its consecutive trips to South Carolina to open the season, K-State will enjoy a 19-gamehomestand to begin the month of March. The 19 consecutive home games are tied for the secondlongest in school history and the longest since 1982. During the long homestand, the Wildcats will faceeight different opponents including Big West power Cal Poly and a pair of Big Ten foes in Minnesota andNebraska. Additionally, the homestand also sees the beginning of conference play as Kansas Statehosts West Virginia in the Mountaineers first Big 12 series.

QUICK STARTS With 19 newcomers and 19-straight home games in the month of March, it is important for theWildcats to get off to a quick start this season as 16 of their final 22 games are on the road. Fortunatelyfor K-State, history will be on their side as the Cats are 206-79 (.722) in non-conference games underhead coach Brad Hill, including a 96-42 (.696) mark over the past four seasons. In regular season non-conference games, the Cats have been even tougher as they are 194-62(.758) over the past nine years and a combined 87-29 (.750) from 2009-12.

FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS Although the Wildcats will play their first six games on the road, the venues should be familiar to amajority of the upperclassmen. K-State opens the year with three games at The Citadel Memorial Chal-lenge at Riley Park in Charleston, S.C., the same facility the Wildcats went 2-1 to open the 2010 season.The next week, K-State travels back to The Palmetto State for the Baseball at the Beach event at Tick-etReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Kansas State also participated in the event two years ago asit topped then-No. 17 Coastal Carolina to open the weekend before finishing with a 2-2 mark.

WELCOME BACK For the third year in a row, Kansas State will welcome back key members of the program that arecoming off injuries in first baseman Shane Conlon and outfielder Mitch Meyer. Conlon, who both pitchedand played first base as a freshman, was exclusively a pitcher last year until an arm injury cut his yearshort. The Naperville, Ill., product used the rest of the 2012 season to rehab and was granted a medicalhardship, thus making him a sophomore again. Conlon will now concentrate solely on first base. Meyer, a young prospect who showed flashes as a freshman in 2011, is back after sitting out lastseason. The Stilwell, Kan., native played in 17 games as a freshman, going 10-for-31 (.323) with threedoubles, one home run and six RBI.

A DECADE AT THE HELM The 2013 season marks the 10th season for Brad Hill as the head coach at Kansas State. The sec-ond-winningest head coach in program history with 293 victories, Hill is the fourth man in school historyto lead the Wildcat program for at least 10 years behind the winningest coach in school history, MikeClark (17 years, 435 wins), Ray Wauthier (14 years, 77 wins) and Charles Coursaut (11 years, 86 wins).Hills longevity at K-State is parallel to the quality of coaches in the Big 12 Conference as he is one offive current Big 12 coaches to be at their school for at least 10 seasons.

ONE OF THE NATIONS BEST Due to his development of the K-State Baseball program over the past decade, head coach BradHill ranks as one of the best coaches nationally. Entering the 2013 season, Hill ranks seventh nationallyamong active coaches with a .692 career winning percentage at four-year institutions. Among the in-dividuals that Hill trails in that department are college coaching legends Mike Fox (North Carolina, .744),Mike Martin (Florida State, .743), Gene Stephenson (Wichita State, .735), Wayne Graham (Rice, .715)and Jim Morris (Miami, .697).

PRODUCTIVE SUMMERS Ross Kivett, RJ Santigate, Gerardo Esquivel and Jared King each picked up summer honors from var-ious organizations. Among the honors, Kivett, Santigate and King were each named one of the topprospects in their respective leagues by Baseball America, giving K-State the most in the Big 12. Kivett was named the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) Player of the Year afterleading the league with a .401 batting average. He was also named a First Team All-American secondbaseman among all summer leagues by Perfect Game, the eighth-best professional prospect in thePGCBL and was the 10th best pro prospect in the league by Baseball America. Santigate, playing for the East Texas PumpJacks of the Texas Collegiate League, was named the10th-best prospect in the TCL by Baseball America and was 12th by Perfect Game, while Esquivel wasranked 14th by Perfect Game. Rounding out the honors was King, who was named the 25th-best prospect in the prestigious CapeCod League by Baseball America.

RUNNIN CATS K-State, which led the Big 12 in steals over a three-season stretch before finishing second in theconference last year, looks to continue its aggressive approach on the base paths in 2013. The Wildcatsreturn 70 percent of their stolen bases in 2012, including three players in Ross Kivett (25), Tanner Witt(20) and Jared King (16) that stole over 15 bags. All three players are within reach of the schools careertop-10 mark, led by Witts 36 which is just seven shy of the top 10. As a team, the Wildcats have ranked in the top 20 nationally in steals each of the last five years,including a second-place mark in 2009 with a school record 149. Last season, the Wildcats were 11thin total steals with 104 a year after finishing fifth nationally with 123.

PRESEASON HONORS Jared King led Kansas States preseason honors as he was named a Second Team All-American byPerfect Game and was a First Team All-Big 12 pick by College Sports Madness. Joining King on the all-conference team by CSM was Tanner Witt as a second-team selection. King, entering his third year in the program, is honored for what he has done his first two years inthe program as he is on the cusp of enter the Kansas State record book for several career categories.The Dublin, Ohio, product is just one point shy of the enter the top 10 for career slugging percentage at.558, while his career batting average of .346 is eight points shy of the schools top 10.

HittingAt-Bats 52.2 % (1,029 of 1,973)Runs 59.1% (201 of 340)Hits 60.3% (335 of 555)Doubles 68.2% (58 of 85)Triples 80.0% (12 of 15)Home Runs 37.9% (11 of 29)RBI 51.6% (160 of 310)Walks 59.5% (160 of 269)Hit-By-Pitch 53.3% (40 of 75)Steals 70.2% (73 of 104)

PitchingWins 55.5% (15 of 27)Saves 100% (11 of 11)Starts 48.3% (28 of 58)Innings 56.9% (294.2 of 518)Strikeouts 55.3% (234 of 423)

Whats Returning

Moore move from sophomores to upperclassmen. Esquivel was astarter at the beginning of last year but found his role as a middle-inning reliever later in the season, finishing with a 3-1 record.

Moore, who saw time as both a midweek starter and a weekend re-liever, is looking to contribute more on weekends as a junior. He went2-4 with a 5.21 ERA overall last year, but showed how he could bea shut-down reliever by going 1-0 with a 3.54 ERA out of the bullpen.

Both have shown flashes of being pretty good, Hill said of Esquiveland Moore. Gerardo may have the most potential on our staff andhas the makings of being a top-10 round draft pick, but unfortunately

he hasnt shown that to us yet. He can be a difference maker for usthis year and really change the complexion of our ballclub if hemakes a step forward. We need a reliable guy that every time hegoes out, you know what youre going to get, and the same withJared. Last year it was like flipping a coin. We cant be flipping coinswith our juniors and seniors.

One dark horse for the K-State pitching staff is Witt. A former highschool pitcher, Witt was exclusively a position player as a freshmanand sophomore before throwing in eight games last year. The right-hander did not allow an earned run in nine innings and surrenderedonly six hits. Witt could be an option as the closer in 2013.

He has a feel for the game. Hill said. Its just a matter of himstaying sharp. There were games last year he was very good, whichshowed that we probably should have been using him a lot more.What we have to do is make sure were pitching him regularly andnot just breaking him out every two weeks. If were really going touse him as a pitcher, he has to pitch on a more regular basis.

Other than McFadden, as many as four other freshmen could pitchsignificant innings for the Wildcats in 2013. Those pitchers includeleft-handers Landon Busch and Hayden Nixon, as well as right-han-ders Colton Kalmus and Jordan Witcig.

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JAKEWODTKE

IF 5-9 Fr.-HSShawnee, Kan.

1BENSEGO

IF 5-10 Fr.-HSSouthlake, Texas

2AUSTINFISHER

IF 6-1 So.-1LLenexa, Kan.

3TANNER

WITTOF/RHP 5-11 Sr.-3L

Hawthorn Woods, Ill.

5JON

DAVISOF 5-10 Sr.-1L

Juneau, Alaska

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ROSSKIVETT

IF/OF 6-1 Jr.-2LBroadview Heights, Ohio

7LANCEMILES

IF 5-10 Fr.-HSThe Woodlands, Texas

8BLAIR

DEBORDC 6-0 Jr.-2LManhattan, Kan.

9ALEXBEE

C 6-0 Fr.-HSChatham, Ill.

10JAKE

MATTHYSRHP 5-10 Fr.-HS

Spring Lake Park, Minn.

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ZACHHENDRIX

IF 5-9 Jr.-JCPuyallup, Wash.

13COLTONKALMUS

RHP 6-1 Fr.-HSRowlett, Texas

14SHANE

CONLONIF/LHP 6-1 So.-2L

Naperville, Ill.

15JOE

GOODWINC 5-10 Jr.-JC

Overland Park, Kan.

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MATTWIVINIS

RHP 5-11 So.-1LDowners Grove, Ill.

20GERARDOESQUIVEL

RHP 5-11 Jr.-2LChicago, Ill.

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CLAYTONDALRYMPLE

OF 6-1 Fr.-HSCoppell, Texas

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COLEDAVIS

C 5-11 Fr.-HSPiedmont, Okla.

19HAYDENNIXON

LHP 6-1 Fr.-HSLeonard, Texas

22BLAKE

MCFADDENRHP 6-1 Fr.-HS

Savannah, Mo.

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JAREDKING

OF 6-1 Jr.-2LDublin, Ohio

24NATEGRIEP

RHP 6-1 Fr.-HSOmaha, Neb.

26KYLE

SPEEROF 6-3 So.-1LManhattan, Kan.

27RJ

SANTIGATEIF 6-2 Jr.-1LLas Vegas, Nev.

28LEVI

MAVORHISRHP 6-1 Fr.-HS

Freeland, Wash.

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LANDONBUSCH

LHP 6-1 Fr.-HSBrookings, S.D.

30JORDANWITCIG

RHP 6-4 Fr.-HSKansas City, Mo.

31JOE

FLATTERYLHP 6-3 Sr.-1L

Fort Dodge, Iowa

32JAREDMOORE

LHP 6-0 Jr.-2LBoulder, Colo.

33DAMIONLOVATO

OF/IF 6-2 Jr.-JCFarmington, N.M.

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MITCHMEYER

OF 6-2 So.-1LStilwell, Kan.

35JOSHSMITH

RHP 5-11 Fr.-HSConroe, Texas

39ZACHVASEK

RHP 5-11 Fr.-HSRosenberg, Texas

40NATE

WILLIAMSRHP 6-2 So.-1LValley Center, Kan.

45JAKE

DOLLERRHP 6-3 Sr.-3LLake Waukomis, Mo.

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BRADHILL

Head Coach10th Season

11JOSH

REYNOLDSPitching CoachThird Season

47BLAKE

KANGASAssistant Coach

First Season

18TREVORHURLEY

Student Assistant CoachFirst Season

44MIKE

CLEMENTHitting CoachFirst Season

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BY CLASSFreshmen ____________________16Sophomores ____________________6Juniors________________________9Seniors ______________________4

BY POSITIONRight-Handed Pitchers ____________13Left-Handed Pitchers ______________5Catchers ______________________4Infielders ____________________10Outfielders ____________________7

BY STATEAlaska ________________________1Colorado ______________________1Illinois ________________________5Iowa ________________________1Kansas ______________________7Minnesota ____________________1Missouri ______________________3Nebraska ______________________1Nevada ______________________1New Mexico ____________________1Ohio ________________________2

Oklahoma______________________1South Dakota __________________1Texas ________________________7Washington ____________________2

PRONUNCIATIONLandon BUSCH ______________BUSHShane CONLON ______________CON-linClayton DALRYMPLE ________DAL-rip-uhlBlair DEBORD ______________DA-boardGerardo ESQUIVEL__________ESS-ka-velNate GRIEP ________________GREEP

Colton KALMUS ____________CAL-mussRoss KIVETT ________________KIV-itDamion LOVATO ____________lo-VOT-oJake MATTHYS ______________MATH-isLevi MAVORHIS __________muh-VOR-isRJ SANTIGATE __________SANT-a-gateBen SEGO __________________SEE-goZach VASEK ______________VAH-sickJordan WITCIG ______________WIT-cigMatt WIVINIS ____________WIV-uh-nessJake WODTKE ____________WOOD-key

10 Alex Bee30 Landon Busch15 Shane Conlon17 Clayton Dalrymple19 Cole Davis6 Jon Davis9 Blair DeBord36 Jake Doller21 Gerardo Esquivel3 Austin Fisher32 Joe Flattery16 Joe Goodwin26 Nate Griep13 Zach Hendrix14 Colton Kalmus24 Jared King7 Ross Kivett34 Damion Lovato12 Jake Matthys29 Levi MaVorhis23 Blake McFadden35 Mitch Meyer8 Lance Miles33 Jared Moore22 Hayden Nixon28 RJ Santigate2 Ben Sego39 Josh Smith27 Kyle Speer40 Zach Vasek45 Nate Williams5 Tanner Witt20 Matt Wivinis31 Jordan Witcig1 Jake Wodtke

NO. NAME POS HT WT YR-EX B/T HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)1 Jake Wodtke IF 5-9 155 Fr.-HS R/R Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy)2 Ben Sego IF 5-10 185 Fr.-HS S/R Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll)3 Austin Fisher IF 6-1 195 So.-1L L/R Lenexa, Kan. (Olathe Northwest)5 Tanner Witt OF/RHP 5-11 185 Sr.-3L R/R Hawthorn Woods, Ill. (Lake Zurich)6 Jon Davis OF/IF 5-10 175 Sr.-1L S/R Juneau, Alaska (Palomar College)7 Ross Kivett IF 6-1 195 Jr.-2L R/R Broadview Heights, Ohio (St. Edward)8 Lance Miles IF 5-10 185 Fr.-HS R/R The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands)9 Blair DeBord C 6-0 195 Jr.-2L R/R Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan)10 Alex Bee C 6-0 185 Fr.-HS L/R Chatham, Ill. (Glenwood)12 Jake Matthys RHP 5-10 180 Fr.-HS R/R Spring Lake Park, Minn. (Spring Lake Park)13 Zach Hendrix IF 5-9 180 Jr.-JC R/R Puyallup, Wash. (W. Nevada College)14 Colton Kalmus RHP 6-1 190 Fr.-HS R/R Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett)15 Shane Conlon IF/LHP 6-1 185 So.-2L L/L Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central)16 Joe Goodwin C 5-10 200 Jr.-JC S/R Overland Park, Kan. (Hutchinson CC)17 Clayton Dalrymple OF 6-1 185 Fr.-HS R/R Coppell, Texas (Coppell)19 Cole Davis C 5-11 185 Fr.-HS R/R Piedmont, Okla. (Piedmont)20 Matt Wivinis RHP 5-11 185 So.-1L R/R Downers Grove, Ill. (Downers Grove South)21 Gerardo Esquivel RHP 5-11 180 Jr.-2L R/R Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle)22 Hayden Nixon LHP 6-1 175 Fr.-HS L/L Leonard, Texas (Frisco Wakeland)23 Blake McFadden RHP 6-1 200 Fr.-HS R/R Savannah, Mo. (Savannah)24 Jared King OF 6-1 200 Jr.-2L S/L Dublin, Ohio (Jerome)26 Nate Griep RHP 6-1 185 Fr.-HS R/R Omaha, Neb. (Millard West)27 Kyle Speer OF 6-3 210 So.-1L L/L Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan)28 RJ Santigate IF 6-2 215 Jr.-1L L/R Las Vegas, Nev. (Central Arizona College)29 Levi MaVorhis RHP 6-1 200 Fr.-HS R/R Freeland, Wash. (Archbishop Murphy)30 Landon Busch LHP 6-1 200 Fr.-HS L/L Brookings, S.D. (Brookings)31 Jordan Witcig RHP 6-4 185 Fr.-HS R/R Kansas City, Mo. (Staley)32 Joe Flattery LHP 6-3 195 Sr.-1L L/L Fort Dodge, Iowa (Iowa Central CC)33 Jared Moore LHP 6-0 185 Jr.-2L L/L Boulder, Colo. (Boulder)34 Damion Lovato OF/IF 6-2 210 Jr.-JC R/R Farmington, N.M. (New Mexico JC)35 Mitch Meyer OF 6-2 195 So.-1L L/R Stilwell, Kan. (Blue Valley)36 Jake Doller RHP 6-3 200 Sr.-3L R/R Lake Waukomis, Mo. (Rockhurst)39 Josh Smith RHP 5-11 175 Fr.-HS R/R Conroe, Texas (Oak Ridge)40 Zach Vasek RHP 5-11 180 Fr.-HS R/R Rosenberg, Texas (Lamar Consolidated)45 Nate Williams RHP 6-2 215 So.-1L R/R Valley Center, Kan. (Valley Center) STAFF11 Brad Hill Head Coach (10th Season)25 Mike Clement Hitting Coach (First Season)47 Josh Reynolds Pitching Coach (Third Season)18 Blake Kangas Volunteer Assistant Coach (First Season)44 Trevor Hurley Student Assistant Coach (First Season) Justin Tadtman Director of Baseball Operations (Sixth Season) Ben Fleming Strength and Conditioning Coach (Second Season) Drew Biery Undergraduate Manager (Second Season) Brian Bobier Athletic Trainer (First Season)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

14 ______________Head Coach Brad Hill17 ________Assistant Coach Mike Clement18 ________Assistant Coach Josh Reynolds19 ________Other Assistants/Support Staff22 ____University President Dr. Kirk Schulz23 ________Athletics Director John Currie24______________K-State Head Coaches

COACHES AND STAFF

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HEAD COACH

Hard work and determination have fueled Kansas State baseball since Brad Hill wasintroduced as the 20th head coach in program history during the summer of 2003.And, in just nine short years, Hill has taken a program that was coming off six-straight seasons of bottom-half Big 12 finishes and turned it into a national power, guidingthe Wildcats to the schools first three NCAA Regional appearances.

During his time as the K-State skipper, Hill has guided the Wildcats from the depths of theleague to the programs best record in school history and the first NCAA Regional appear-ance in 2009 before making return appearances in 2010 and 2011. The postseason successis a continuation of a stellar career in which Hill has amassed a career winning percentageof .692 (711-315-3) at four-year institutions, which ranks seventh nationally among activecoaches.

Additionally, under Hills tutelage, Kansas State was one of only two northern schools(Oregon State) to earn three-straight at-large bids to a NCAA Regional from 2009-11.

Hill has also had a keen eye on evaluating talent and then developing those players as hissquads have produced 54 draft selections since 2005, including 35 in the past five yearsalone. K-State has seen an increase each year of players taken in the MLB Draft, cappedby a school record four top-10 round draft picks in 2011 when Evan Marshall (4th; Arizona),Jason King (4th; Detroit), James Allen (7th; Cincinnati) and Nick Martini (7th; St. Louis)were all drafted in the top 10 rounds.

K-State baseball players have also gained numerous national accolades under Hills guid-ance. In the first 106 years of the program, the Wildcats accumulated 14 All-Americandesignations, while K-State has produced 15 All-America honors in the last six seasonsalone, including first team honors by A.J. Morris (2009) and James Allen (2011).

Not only has K-State baseball excelled on the field, but Hill has put an emphasis on hisplayers performance in the classroom. Under Hill, the Cats have had 47 Academic All-Big12 selections as well as six Academic All-District honors and two Academic All-Americans(Brett Scott in 2007 and 2008; Jason King in 2011). In addition, K-States Academic ProgressRate (APR) has steadily improved, now reflecting an outstanding four-year average of 945.

For a second-straight season, Hill got the most out of his team when it counted the mostas he led the Wildcats to the postseason for the sixth-straight season in 2012. K-Statewon its way to the Big 12 Championship as it took two-of-three from Kansas in the homefinale before winning the first two games in the regular-season series finale at Texas Tech just the third series win in Lubbock in school history. Additionally, Hill tutored at leastthree players to All-Big 12 honors for a third-consecutive season, while K-State placedseven on the Academic All-Big 12 squad, which tied the school record.

Although K-State reached another NCAA Regional in 2011, the beginning of the season didnot go as planned for Hill and K-State as they were on the outside looking in when it cameto qualifying for even the conference championship. After sitting at 20-15 overall and 5-10 in conference play, the Wildcats needed a strong finish just to make the conferencetournament. That is exactly what happened as Hill tutored the Wildcats to a 16-8 finish intheir final 22 games, including a 7-4 mark against league foes to place sixth in the Big 12and qualify for their fifth-straight conference championship.

Hills coaching and motivation didn't stop there as, at the Big 12 Championship, K-Statedefeated No. 12 Oklahoma twice to compile 36 wins and earn the programs third-straightNCAA tournament berth.

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Full NameBrad L. HillBirthdateMay 2, 1962, in Wichita, Kan.EducationEmporia State University, B.S. in Physical Education, 1985Playing ExperienceLettered four seasons at Emporia State (1981-84)Played four seasons in the Texas Rangers organization (1984-87)Coaching ExperienceHutchinson Community College, Head Coach (1988-90)Kansas, Assistant Coach (1991-94)Central Missouri State, Head Coach (1995-2003)Kansas State, Head Coach (2004-Present)

THE BRAD HILL FILE

While many preseason prognosticators doubted his 2010 team, Hill raised the bar of suc-cess at K-State. The Cats continued their trend of improvement in 2010 as he guided histeam to a third-place finish in the Big 12 standings - their highest since the leagues in-ception in 1997, after K-State was predicted to finish as low as ninth in some preseasonpolls.

K-State also registered the second most wins in school history with 37, second to the 2009season total of 43, thanks in part to six players that earned All-Big 12 honors under Hill,including the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year Nick Martini. Hill also tutored Martini to secondteam All-American honors.

The 2009 season proved to be the most storied of its time. Predicted to finish ninth in theBig 12 Baseball Preseason Poll, Hill guided K-State to a school-record 43-win season -including a program-best 14 conference victories to finish fourth in the Big 12 regular sea-son standings, the schools best finish since placing second in the Big Eight in 1990. TheCats earned their first Top 10 ranking during the season and finished the 2009 campaignin the national polls for the first time in school history when Baseball America ranked K-State No. 19 in its final poll.

Hill, who garnered 2009 Big 12 Coach of the Year and American Baseball Coaches Asso-ciation (ABCA) Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors, directed K-State to its first everNCAA Regional appearance when the Cats earned an at-large berth as the No. 2 seed inthe Houston (Rice) Regional. The Cats didnt stop there as they tallied a pair of victories inthe regional, including one against No. 1 seed and home team Rice, to advance to the re-gional final.

Along the way, the 2009 Wildcats set numerous school marks, including season wins (43),Big 12 victories (14), Big 12 finish (fourth), hits (675), steals (149) and strikeouts (453).

Hill also tutored Cons